Movement and adventure have been a part of the human experience since the beginning of mankind. As human beings, we are made to move and explore. These actions are not only ways to navigate our environment, but also ways of communication and education. They give us, as human beings, simple scenarios and incredibly complex situations, simultaneously, to observe, learn from and talk about amongst ourselves. These aspects of the human experience are also vital to our connection to our planet. Without movement, we are crippled and are trapped within our own walls. Without adventure, we confine ourselves to a portion of the universe, when we have the capability of seeing and experiencing so much more. The lives of students are not any different.
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It is removing a time in which children can interact with many other children at the same time, in an exciting environment, as much of recess is spent socializing (Jarrett et al. 125). It removes a time that is crucial to the development of children’s social skills, such as conflict resolution, self-control, sharing and problem solving (London 54). Without this time, children will have far less developed skills for academic learning and advancing themselves in life in general. If a child never learns how to make friends out in an open setting, then later in life the child may have a difficult time interacting with society and the community. On top of the opportunity for developing social skills of students, recess can provide a time in which student behavior can be observed, and negative behavior and bullying can be stopped. Within the classroom and within school, bullying can be a hidden action and can be completely missed by teachers and staff. Within recess, teachers can pinpoint these actions as they can become very obvious during recess with actions such as verbal abuse and physical abuse, such as pushing another or throwing punches, or the like. These relations are shown in the quote from a poem, “The children would leave his classroom for the playground and torment the weak …show more content…
Classes after a good recess program have less disruption (London et al. 58). This means that a lot more can be learned in the classes after recess, when children are a bit more energetic due to recess. Without recess, about half-way through the school day, many students become very bored with school and feel like going home because it becomes too boring. Recess is the catalyst which promotes children staying attentive in school because it keeps them from hitting the point in which they burn out on schoolwork and begin to dislike school. When a student hits the point in which they burn out, they begin to do more poorly in school and tend to care less about their education because they are more focused on trying to figure out what they are missing to make their day and their life feel complete. It creates a void in a child’s daily routine that can only be filled with recess time or something
It is removing a time in which children can interact with many other children at the same time, in an exciting environment, as much of recess is spent socializing (Jarrett et al. 125). It removes a time that is crucial to the development of children’s social skills, such as conflict resolution, self-control, sharing and problem solving (London 54). Without this time, children will have far less developed skills for academic learning and advancing themselves in life in general. If a child never learns how to make friends out in an open setting, then later in life the child may have a difficult time interacting with society and the community. On top of the opportunity for developing social skills of students, recess can provide a time in which student behavior can be observed, and negative behavior and bullying can be stopped. Within the classroom and within school, bullying can be a hidden action and can be completely missed by teachers and staff. Within recess, teachers can pinpoint these actions as they can become very obvious during recess with actions such as verbal abuse and physical abuse, such as pushing another or throwing punches, or the like. These relations are shown in the quote from a poem, “The children would leave his classroom for the playground and torment the weak …show more content…
Classes after a good recess program have less disruption (London et al. 58). This means that a lot more can be learned in the classes after recess, when children are a bit more energetic due to recess. Without recess, about half-way through the school day, many students become very bored with school and feel like going home because it becomes too boring. Recess is the catalyst which promotes children staying attentive in school because it keeps them from hitting the point in which they burn out on schoolwork and begin to dislike school. When a student hits the point in which they burn out, they begin to do more poorly in school and tend to care less about their education because they are more focused on trying to figure out what they are missing to make their day and their life feel complete. It creates a void in a child’s daily routine that can only be filled with recess time or something